Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19

i fIniprroving ron the Old way snot doing
things in new way, is true progress.
i How fast 1.-THE world shall improve
and progress from this day on. boys
and girls, is for you to determine. .A
But set out to tell some plumbers
made by, and some mishaps.that befel.
the four hr0thUrs. ssssas T@gAak
/ Theyslived III the country. One day
they concluded, to build "a play house.
They built the walls with pieces OF
lumber that they had picked up around
their home. Considering the meteriai
used. and the tools they had to work
with, it was very well done.
Then they found a quantity Of old.
but serviceable shingles, and went to !
work on the roof. Then said Mill to
his brothers:
:-Boys, we win begin to-day on the
shingles from the top, or comb Of the
house, and work down.. By so doing
we will have 'footrold on the lathing
and can work with more comfort. = Ms
| Eyes; SO we will,''i cried all in
chorus. ssta- q. . 81 gsgx3
at is wonder continued Mill,
"that house builders have not adopt
ed this plan. They always begin at
the caves and work up, and have to
nail planks on as they 90 up to keep
from slipping off. But then, they are
working as their grandfathers did be-
fore then.'' s@ae ga3ais @b sj8
That's so, Mill. we will do it our
own way" aFsa So"
$50 we will, and do it better" as
serted Soil t'6. r.ttf.s4 sst fv
'sAnd with more ease" added Soil.
So they put the shingles on their
own way. When everything was fin
ished tn ey placed all their things in
the new house. Mill even took his
new Sunday suit there and hung it on
the wall. ta 1871 fs3sg -.
That evening came heavy shower
of rain. The boys took refuge in their
new house. 70 their surprise the roof
leaked 50 badly that they were COM p
peeled to run to their home for shelter,
getting thoroughly wet in doing so. "a
Mill forgot his new suit of clothes.
and left it hanging on the wall for
several days, soaking wet, and then
on Sunday morning he went to get it
he found it ruin ed. es1,5,,.,gs.1
But the worst of all the brothers
never sought to find out what made
the roof leak so. badly. at eta s....qtf,a 80
One day the boys went into the
woods, and seeing q good sized tree
that was dead, but still standing, Mill
said: 49, zss.,..s Xxx -.
y"Let US take this tree home with us.
1t is dry, and will make good fire.
wood
-But we have no axe 70 cut it down.
SAID ooll. ye.ss so ...f .y.1s,s3- .,.ssls.-,
I'VE need an axe, Axe indeed!'' re-
piled Mill with contempt. II will tell
you, boys, what to do. We will all climb
up into the tree. am the Oldest and
strongest and will go first, then VIII,
then Roll, and Last Soil Z will take.
hold of the tree at the top. Then Will !,
will take hold of my legs, Roll will
take hold of Wins and Soil of Rolls.
In this way we can break the tree
down with our weight. ~ go
They did as Will had suggest
The tree bent over slightly, just far
enough SO that they could not get hold
of the trunk again, but did not break.
Mil soon tired and found that his hands
were slipping. when he cried out:
Hang on boys while. I take a fresh
hold" When Mill attempted to move
his hands Of course he let go, and the
consequence was that they all had an
ugly fall. No bones were broken.
however, but they were pretty badly
bruised. p. Ess, IN Detroit Free